John Williams

WILLIAMS, John William, longtime resident of Williamsburg, Va., passed away on October 7, 2008 after a brief illness. Family were at his bedside. Born January 8, 1917, he grew up in Grundy, Va. He was graduated from Emory & Henry College, taught Spanish at Grundy High School and attended Washington and Lee School of Law. He served his country during World War II in the U.S. Army and he was chief of the Education Center at Ft. Eustis, Va. He and wife, the late Betty Boxley Williams, were very active in civic organizations. He was a member of Williamsburg Methodist Church. John was a popular resident at Chambrel and Patriot's Colony. He is survived by his sons, Bill and Phil Williams and Bill's wife Arlene Aitken Williams; daughters, Martha Gray and her husband, Rob, and Fran Davis; three grandchildren, three stepgrandchildren, and five great-grandchildren. Expressions of sympathy may be made to the IHEY Varsity Club, Emory & Henry College, P.O. Box 950, Emory, Va. 23427-0947, in memory of John W. "Cocky" Williams.
This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.